The AC - 130 Gunship

The AC - 130 is a modified C - 130 Hercules but with huge and/or fast guns to destroy enemy forces on the ground. Imagine you are on the battlefield, and you are getting pummeled by enemy forces and running low on ammunition. Well, there is no one that can help you on the ground but in the air there could be. You suddenly hear the noises of a turboprop and look up just in time to see the AC - 130 Gunship gunning down enemy troops 1 by 1. The AC - 130 can have a variety of weapons hanging off the side, so here is an excerpt from Wikipedia to tell you the variety of weapons.

The AC-130 has an unpressurized cabin, with the weaponry mounted to fire from the port side of the fuselage. During an attack, the gunship performs a pylon turn, flying in a large circle around the target, therefore being able to fire at it for far longer than in a conventional strafing attack. The AC-130H Spectre was armed with two 20 mmM61 Vulcan cannons, one L60 Bofors 40 mm cannon, and M137 105 mm cannon and M37 recoil mechanism from the M102 howitzer; after 1994, the 20 mm cannons were removed. The upgraded AC-130U Spooky has a single 25 mmGAU-12 Equalizer cannon in place of the Spectre's two 20 mm cannons, an improved fire-control system, and increased ammunition capacity. The new AC-130J was based on the MC-130J Commando II special-operations tanker. The AC-130W Stinger II is a modified C-130H with upgrades including a precision strike package.

So, there you go, that was another of my favorite and very interesting planes. Here is a video on firing it's big guns.

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